A Call to Revise the Diagnosis of Oppositional Defiant Disorder-Diagnoses Are for Helping, Not Harming

JAMA Psychiatry. 2021 Nov 1;78(11):1181-1182. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.2127.

Authors

Sourik Beltrán^{1

2}, Lydia Sit³, Kenneth R Ginsburg^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Covenant House Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Craig-Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 34379091
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.2127

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior / physiology
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / diagnosis*
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / physiopathology
Humans
Minority Groups
Social Stigma*
Systemic Racism*
Terminology as Topic*
Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders / physiopathology